The Good Universities Guide states that paramedics provide pre-hospital emergency care, treatment and specialised transport for patients - Good Universities Guide - Paramedic.

Working as an ambulance paramedic means that no two days are ever the same. What a paramedic does can be as varied as restarting a patient’s heart down to helping solve social welfare issues. Ambulance paramedics are called when people feel they have no other options and are suffering what feels like an emergency to them. An interesting fact to remember when applying to become a paramedic is that the majority of the workload is not lights and sirens driving to save a patient's life. This job is more about helping people in their time of need as opposed to being a hero.

Visit Ambulance Victoria - Types of Paramedicsto find out more. Students should note that to work with Ambulance Victoria, they must be a citizen of Australia or New Zealand, or be an Australian Permanent Resident, and they must also hold a full driver’s licence or have held a probationary licence as P2 for at least a year.The following Victorian universities offer Paramedicine undergraduate degrees:

INSTITUTION	COURSE	VCE REQUIREMENTS	ATAR 2023
Australian Catholic University (M) – Melbourne (B) – Ballarat	Paramedicine	Units 3 and 4: a study score of at least 30 in English (EAL) or at least 25 in English other than EAL.	90.15 (M)
	Nursing/Paramedicine	Units 3 and 4: a study score of at least 30 in English (EAL) or at least 25 in English other than EAL.	87.10 (B)
La Trobe University (AW) – Albury Wodonga (Be) – Bendigo Students commencing their studies at the Albury-Wodonga campus are required to transfer to the Bendigo campus from second year to complete this course.	Paramedic Practice with Honours	Units 3 and 4: a study score of at least 30 in English (EAL) or at least 25 in English other than EAL; Units 3 and 4: a study score of at least 20 in two of Biology, Chemistry, Health And Human Development, any Mathematics, Physical Education, Physics or Psychology.	69.95 (Be) 79.10 (AW)
Monash University (P) – Peninsula	Paramedicine	Units 3 and 4: a study score of at least 30 in English (EAL) or at least 25 in English other than EAL; Units 3 and 4: a study score of at least 25 in Maths: Further Mathematics or at least 22 in one of Maths: Mathematical Methods or Maths: Specialist Mathematics.	83.30 (P)
Victoria University (St. A) – St. Albans (Su) – Sunshine (W) - Werribbee	Paramedicine	Units 3 and 4: a study score of at least 25 in English (EAL) or at least 20 in English other than EAL.	80.05 (St. A)
	Non-Emergency Patient Transport (Certificate)	Year 12 pass	n/p

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